Funds managed by affiliates of $49bn investments manager Fortress Investment Group have completed the acquisition of Loungers, a British cafe-bar and restaurant chain operating over 200 locations in the United Kingdom for £354.4m.
A consortium of alternative asset managers including Hillhouse Capital, Boyu Capital and CDH Investments are in advanced talks to acquire a stake in GDS Holdings’s data centre business outside China, according to a report by Bloomberg.
US financial services specialist private equity firm Estancia Capital Partners has acquired a minority stake in UK savings fintech Flagstone via a £108m ($138m) equity investment.
Alto Partners and EOS Investment Management have jointly agreed to acquire a majority stake in EF Group, an Italian specialist in the design and construction of spaces and environments for events, exhibitions, corporate headquarters, showrooms and concept stores.
Global alternative investment firm HIG Capital is to sell its portfolio company, ICG Group, a provider of communication infrastructure services, to SPIE Group, a European specialist in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and communications.
Swiss private equity investment firm Partners Group is weighing up the options for its portfolio company VSB Group including a sale of the Germany based renewable energy company, according to a report by Reuters.
Quilvest Capital Partners, a $7bn global alternatives investment manager, has invested in Acuiti Labs, a consultancy specialising in optimisation of the quote-to-cash process.
Renewable energy producer Encavis, which runs wind and solar parks across Europe, is in discussions to be acquired by global buyout firm KKR & Co in a deal that could value the German company at more than €2bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A number of big-name buyout firms including Carlyle Group, CVC Capital Partners and KKR have all shown preliminary interest in striking a take-private deal to acquire Hong Kong-listed luggage maker Samsonite International, according to a report by Bloomberg.
Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, which is managed by global investment manager Ninety One and operates within the multi-donor Private Infrastructure Development Group, has secured $294m in additional debt facilities, representing over half of the fund’s $500m target by 2025.
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